The HSUS applauds Thursday's announcement by USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that it will resume issuing press releases on enforcement actions taken in response to violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

The HSUS applauded the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for approving bills to prohibit interstate commerce in primates as pets and to protect rare wildlife such as great cats and cranes.

We need to end this dangerous monkey business. Primates belong in the wild, not in our backyards and basements. For our own health and safety as well as the animals', the U.S. Congress should act swiftly and pass the Captive Primate Safety Act before the next child is mauled by a chimp.

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